:00:00. > :00:10.Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:11. > :00:15.A motor industry expert is warning that Brexit makes the Ellesmere Port
:00:16. > :00:18.car factory more vulnerable to closure by the French company
:00:19. > :00:20.which today bought the Vauxhall brand.
:00:21. > :00:23.He says the plant could be at risk because three-quarters
:00:24. > :00:25.of the components it uses are imported from Europe.
:00:26. > :00:28.I spoke to our reporter Ian Haslam from outside
:00:29. > :00:42.In the very worrying times for those workers.
:00:43. > :00:44.And not just those 2000 that work here,
:00:45. > :00:47.there are also many more people involved in the supply chain
:00:48. > :00:51.so this factory is vital to the local economy.
:00:52. > :00:54.Unions say securing the long-term future of jobs depends
:00:55. > :00:57.on the British Government getting involved.
:00:58. > :01:00.They also point out that British cars sell well if they're made
:01:01. > :01:06.in Britain and want the new owners, PSA to remember that.
:01:07. > :01:09.The French outfit, which also makes Citreon and Peugeot,
:01:10. > :01:13.says the future of all its factories, a total of 24
:01:14. > :01:16.across Europe, depends on how the workforce performs.
:01:17. > :01:22.Our Merseyside reporter Andy Gill has this report.
:01:23. > :01:25.The plant's new owners PSA say Ellesmere Port will continue
:01:26. > :01:30.when a new version is due on the market.
:01:31. > :01:33.The main union says the plant would have to prove itself
:01:34. > :01:37.as the best place to build the update,
:01:38. > :01:40.And a main concern is that the government here plays
:01:41. > :01:43.a part to secure jobs in the long term.
:01:44. > :01:47.Both the French and German governments have helped enormously
:01:48. > :01:51.with this coming together, and we ask the UK Government
:01:52. > :01:55.Manufacturing is the lifeblood of any economy and the automotive
:01:56. > :01:58.sector is the heart of that manufacturing sector.
:01:59. > :02:00.The union says this is a productive plant.
:02:01. > :02:03.On the other hand, there's a perception that it's easier
:02:04. > :02:06.to sack British workers than European ones.
:02:07. > :02:11.The highly skilled, well-paid jobs here are vital
:02:12. > :02:13.for the economy and employment, not just in Ellesmere Port
:02:14. > :02:16.but in other parts of Cheshire and Wirrell too.
:02:17. > :02:20.And thousands of more jobs are in the supply chain,
:02:21. > :02:24.which depend on the factory being here.
:02:25. > :02:28.Most of the cars made here are exported.
:02:29. > :02:30.They're made mainly with parts imported from Europe.
:02:31. > :02:35.And one expert says that could be a problem after Brexit.
:02:36. > :02:37.If the components have to be imported, especially if the pound
:02:38. > :02:39.depreciates further, this is not a very attractive
:02:40. > :02:46.If we can build a British component supply base, then I think,
:02:47. > :02:53.and other plants would look much more positive.
:02:54. > :02:55.Concerns today too in Ellesmere Port town.
:02:56. > :02:58.It's a bit worrying, isn't it, that we don't know
:02:59. > :03:06.I know a few people that work there, families, you know what I mean?
:03:07. > :03:10.There's not many big factories around here any more.
:03:11. > :03:17.PSA say the future of all its plants is in the workers' hands
:03:18. > :03:26.Andy Gill, BBC North West Tonight, Ellesmere Port.
:03:27. > :03:29.As we heard in Andy's report, some experts say Brexit could result
:03:30. > :03:33.in Ellesmere Port's closure, but the boss of the new owners,
:03:34. > :03:37.the PSA group, says Brexit might make it more likely a British plant
:03:38. > :03:41.That's because if tariffs were imposed on cars coming
:03:42. > :03:43.into this country from Europe, keeping a factory here
:03:44. > :03:49.Still though much to decide, and the future for workers here
:03:50. > :03:59.Well, tonight Ellesmere Port's MP met with the Government's
:04:00. > :04:03.Business Secretary Greg Clarke to ask him for reassurances
:04:04. > :04:07.A little earlier, I spoke to the Labour MP, Justin Madders,
:04:08. > :04:10.and asked him what came out of the meeting.
:04:11. > :04:15.Well, I want them to sit down with PSA as soon as possible,
:04:16. > :04:21.as much as they can say what their plans are and really then
:04:22. > :04:24.work together with PSA, with the unions,
:04:25. > :04:28.with management at Ellesmere Port to come up with a package
:04:29. > :04:32.that makes sure that the future is secure.
:04:33. > :04:34.Would you like to see some sort of package,
:04:35. > :04:37.some sort of deal done at Vauxhall as was done as Nissan?
:04:38. > :04:42.Well, no one quite knows for sure what the deal was with Nissan but
:04:43. > :04:45.the end result was that the future of the plant was secure,
:04:46. > :04:48.and that's what I'm interested in, it's what I'm hoping
:04:49. > :04:55.Clearly, with Brexit on the horizon, all eyes are on the Government
:04:56. > :04:57.and how they deal with these kinds of challenges,
:04:58. > :05:00.so there really is an onus on them to show
:05:01. > :05:04.that Britain is still open for business and keep the plant going.
:05:05. > :05:06.Mr Madders, thank you very much indeed.
:05:07. > :05:11.Merseyside Police have confirmed that a man charged with the murder
:05:12. > :05:13.of a two-year-old boy is also accused of neglecting
:05:14. > :05:18.The boy who died was found unresponsive by paramedics
:05:19. > :05:21.called to Woodville Road in Birkenhead last week.
:05:22. > :05:24.His twin sister and another child have been taken into care.
:05:25. > :05:28.28-eight-year-old Craig Smith was today remanded in custody to
:05:29. > :05:31.appear before Liverpool Crown Court in a fortnight's time.
:05:32. > :05:33.A woman charged with allowing a child to suffer harm
:05:34. > :05:40.Two brothers who ran a dirty and dangerous care home in Liverpool
:05:41. > :05:46.Amjad and Amer Latif were in charge of the Mossley Manor Care home,
:05:47. > :05:50.where a court heard vulnerable elderly people lived in squalor.
:05:51. > :05:53.The home was closed down in 2015, and today the brothers
:05:54. > :06:01.As you may've heard in the national news, a Cumbrian zoo where nearly
:06:02. > :06:04.500 animals died in less than four years has been refused
:06:05. > :06:07.David Gill, the owner of South Lakes Safari Zoo,
:06:08. > :06:11.now has 28 days to decide whether to appeal against
:06:12. > :06:17.In 2013, zookeeper Sarah McClay was mauled to death by a tiger.
:06:18. > :06:19.Her former boyfriend says action to shut down
:06:20. > :06:26.Nothing that's come out today has come as a shock to me or anybody
:06:27. > :06:29.else that had a decent knowledge of the goings on there.
:06:30. > :06:37.It's just a shame it's taken so long to occur.
:06:38. > :06:42.to be banned from the region's cities are intensifying.
:06:43. > :06:45.Liverpool wants to stop diesels coming into its city centre by 2025.
:06:46. > :06:48.Manchester's looking at restrictions on older diesels,
:06:49. > :06:55.Each year, particles from diesel engines are responsible for 3500
:06:56. > :07:04.Here's our environment correspondent Judy Hobson.
:07:05. > :07:08.Monday morning in Greater Manchester.
:07:09. > :07:11.Well, the high pressure will stay with us for the next few days,
:07:12. > :07:14.which means conditions won't change at all...
:07:15. > :07:21.Today you can even see it sitting across the city.
:07:22. > :07:24.So here we are monitoring oxides of nitrogen,
:07:25. > :07:30.a team monitors the city's air pollution levels.
:07:31. > :07:36.an invisible gas which can irritate our lungs.
:07:37. > :07:40.There are a number of thresholds allowed per year, but beyond that,
:07:41. > :07:43.then we are failing air quality at that location.
:07:44. > :07:48.Does it exceed those levels very often?
:07:49. > :07:57.The latest Government data shows Greater Manchester has been
:07:58. > :08:00.in breach of its legal limits for nitrogen dioxide
:08:01. > :08:08.But what about levels of particulate matter?
:08:09. > :08:14.Vehicles, especially diesels, also emit millions of tiny particles.
:08:15. > :08:16.They're so small we can breath them in, and they're associated
:08:17. > :08:23.I'm in Whitworth Park in Manchester, and this is a monitor
:08:24. > :08:26.which measures the tiny particles in the air.
:08:27. > :08:30.If I hold this tube up to my mouth, it should measure what I'm breathing
:08:31. > :08:35.There are no safe amounts of particulate matter,
:08:36. > :08:38.but here in the park, the levels were relatively low.
:08:39. > :08:41.Just a few metres away is Oxford Road,
:08:42. > :08:43.one of the busiest routes in the city.
:08:44. > :08:47.Immediately, the levels become dangerously high.
:08:48. > :08:50.The tiny particles I'm now breathing in could be having a serious
:08:51. > :08:56.But the monitor proves by walking a few metres away from the road,
:08:57. > :09:02.this can dramatically reduce your exposure to air pollution.
:09:03. > :09:05.The Government has been taken to the High Court over its failure
:09:06. > :09:08.to reduce emissions, and it has until next month
:09:09. > :09:13.But experts say they'll need to have bold policies if cities
:09:14. > :09:22.like Manchester have any chance of reaching their clean air targets.
:09:23. > :09:36.It was a beautiful started the week. And that will continue over the next
:09:37. > :09:40.12 or 24 hours. Some fine weather in the forecasters we have to do is be.
:09:41. > :09:44.If we look at the weather for the week ahead, today was great,
:09:45. > :09:47.tomorrow follows in a broadly similar pattern. Actually, fairly
:09:48. > :09:51.mild conditions and largely dry days. Beautiful weather Watchers
:09:52. > :09:55.pictures catching lots of sunshine across north-west. Perhaps not quite
:09:56. > :10:02.as much tomorrow. The difference in the overnight period is that we will
:10:03. > :10:05.start as he showers. This not a bad time for them to come in. They have
:10:06. > :10:08.started to spread into many places and they will continue over the next
:10:09. > :10:10.couple of hours but they will leave us towards the early hours. Some
:10:11. > :10:14.breaks from time to time, temperatures generally three and
:10:15. > :10:17.four, maybe five along the coast. Really you could hit zero but that
:10:18. > :10:24.is an exception rather than the rule. Into tomorrow, spells of
:10:25. > :10:27.sunshine. Not quite as brilliant as today but still a reasonable sort of
:10:28. > :10:33.day. From a shame on worse, sunshine getting a little more week but
:10:34. > :10:36.towards the tail end of the day, we have to wait for the rain which
:10:37. > :10:42.means most daylight hours are sitting pretty. Temperatures eight
:10:43. > :10:46.and 9 degrees once again on Tuesday night. This is a more significant
:10:47. > :10:50.area of brain you can see working its way through. Keeping
:10:51. > :10:53.temperatures up. Very wet on the weekends as we don't really want
:10:54. > :10:57.that rain. On Wednesday, still in that nice, fine pattern. Every now
:10:58. > :11:00.and then the sun will come out and FA review with the outlook for the
:11:01. > :11:02.next couple days, yes, there is an awful lot of weather around.
:11:03. > :11:04.cool, it will be windy at times as well and still rather unsettled with
:11:05. > :11:08.some blustery showers around. That's the London forecast and now for the
:11:09. > :11:16.National forecast, over to Nick Miller.
:11:17. > :11:23.North-west France and Plymouth were miles apart weather-wise. This
:11:24. > :11:29.southern flank in north-west France there was a wind gusts of 120 mph
:11:30. > :11:32.which we just dodged. That area of low pressure continues to move
:11:33. > :11:36.quickly south-eastwards so that by tomorrow it is in Italy on its
:11:37. > :11:40.southern flank, stormy in Sardinia and around it strong winds blowing
:11:41. > :11:45.through south-east France. We've got a little bump in the ice bars with
:11:46. > :11:48.lighter winds, a brief ridge of high pressure, things briefly settled
:11:49. > :11:51.going into tomorrow, overnight there are some showers around moving
:11:52. > :11:55.through western Scotland and north-west England and the Midlands,
:11:56. > :11:57.clearing Wales, one or two in the east, the